It’ll probably be as well done as the no-bid #ReflectingPool.

#Trump is using a $500M #NoBid contract to build his White House #ballroom

The secret agreement was routed through a #WhiteHouse office that typically handles repairs & furnishings & is exempt from competitive bidding requirements.

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With no public accounting of the entire #Trump construction spree, a team of NYT reporters—Luke Broadwater, Marco Hernandez, Junho Lee & Elena Shao—set out to produce one. They found that the admin had mobilized at least $1.2 billion on no fewer than 18 major projects across the nation’s capital. Here’s everything they learned about their budgetary provenance.

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